1 It was the planlessness, the flimsy temporariness of the buildings, their faded unpleasant colors.
2 The settings seemed flimsy, the lighting commonplace.
Main Street By Sinclair LewisGet Context In CHAPTER XVIII 3 They were flimsy shelters, most of them poorly built of light wood, with spindle porch-posts horribly mutilated by the turning-lathe.
My Antonia By Willa CatherGet Context In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: XII 4 She took off her jacket and sat more at ease in her blouse, of some soft, flimsy silk.
My Antonia By Willa CatherGet Context In BOOK 3. Lena Lingard: II 5 The smoke from the fire at times neglected the clay chimney and wreathed into the room, and this flimsy chimney of clay and sticks made endless threats to set ablaze the whole establishment.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen CraneGet Context In Chapter 1 6 He experimented with many schemes, but threw them aside one by one as flimsy.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen CraneGet Context In Chapter 11 7 And Boxer put out his nose to sniff at the bank-notes, and the flimsy white things stirred and rustled in his breath.
Animal Farm By George OrwellGet Context In Chapter VIII 8 He pushed his hand down in the bed, and pulled out the bit of flimsy silk.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H LawrenceGet Context In Chapter 16